General Assembly
General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers bootcamps and courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science and more.
To help students land their first job in a tech role, the full time bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practiti...
General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers bootcamps and courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science and more.
To help students land their first job in a tech role, the full time bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practitioners in their field, supported by career coaches from day one, and enhanced by a career services team that is constantly in talks with employers about their tech hiring needs. Students should expect to build a solid portfolio of real-life projects.
Since 2011, General Assembly has graduated more than 40,000 students worldwide from the full time & part time courses. To enroll at General Assembly, applicants should submit an online application to connect with a GA Admissions team member who will work with them to decide if a tech bootcamps is the right fit. The GA Admissions staff are also prepared to speak with applicants about the best tech role for them, learning styles at GA, expected outcomes after the bootcamp, options to finance the bootcamp, career services offered by GA, and more.
613 General Assembly Reviews
Anna R.Software Engineer • Graduate • Web Development Immersive • New York CityVerified by GitHubJun 07, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/AWDI in NYC
I took WDI from March to June of 2015. I previously had a job in community relations, but felt uninspired by my day-to-day (I just hated it). I tried out some free resources on Codecademy and applied to several bootcamps. After checking a few out, I liked the campus and curriculum at General Assembly the best.
About two years later - no regrets. I love programming, and GA gave me what I needed to do this as a career! My teachers were fantastic, passionate, and gifted with coding ...
I took WDI from March to June of 2015. I previously had a job in community relations, but felt uninspired by my day-to-day (I just hated it). I tried out some free resources on Codecademy and applied to several bootcamps. After checking a few out, I liked the campus and curriculum at General Assembly the best.
About two years later - no regrets. I love programming, and GA gave me what I needed to do this as a career! My teachers were fantastic, passionate, and gifted with coding and educational chops. It was VERY stressful at times, but I loved working together with my classmates to get to "the next level," so to speak.
My only note is that I had a job lined up before graduation, so I don't have experience with the career coaching so much.
- Gan Seeth ShuanGraduate • User Experience Design Immersive • SingaporeVerified by LinkedInMay 12, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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Course review - AliceOnline marketing manager • Graduate • Data Analytics (Part-time) • LondonVerified by LinkedInMar 12, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Will give you a good set of skills to start your data analyst career
I took the Data Analytics part-time course in London. The program consists of learning the process of data analysis and practical skills to perform data analysis.
Nowadays for online business, marketing & data analysis tend to become a one-person job as campaigns can be optimised in real time based on their performances. This program gives you a set of skills that aren't taught at the university if you studied broad subjects like marketing or business.
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I took the Data Analytics part-time course in London. The program consists of learning the process of data analysis and practical skills to perform data analysis.
Nowadays for online business, marketing & data analysis tend to become a one-person job as campaigns can be optimised in real time based on their performances. This program gives you a set of skills that aren't taught at the university if you studied broad subjects like marketing or business.
The theoretical part was very useful for me to understand what is the best approach before to do a specific analysis. How to prepare the business questions and choose a data set.
Then we did many exercises using Excel, SQL, Tableau to learn how to leverage those tools to make the analysis and provide great data insights.
What makes me satisfied is that I could use at work the next day what I had learned at night.
I also met interesting, passionate and motivated people. In my group there was people from many industries (Finance, online business, offline business ...).
- Jack ChallisDirector, Knowledge Management • Graduate • Product Management Immersive • San FranciscoVerified by LinkedInMar 04, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Product Management in San Francisco
Great Product Management course for a med device product manager. Learned enough to understand how I could improve my job today and where I could keep improving.
- Harry PeppittDigital Marketing Analyst • Graduate • Data Science (Part-time) • SydneyVerified by GitHubJan 06, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Part-time Data Science at GA
The Data Science course at GA was excellent!
As anyone who has any prior knowlege of the field would expect, the curriculium is quite broad, and as a result the part-time course does not go in depth in any areas, but rather takes you through the basics in as many areas as it can in 10 weeks. I imagine the full-time course would provide a more conclusive education, but i can't really comment on that.
Even though I would not recommend the part-time course to people lookin...
The Data Science course at GA was excellent!
As anyone who has any prior knowlege of the field would expect, the curriculium is quite broad, and as a result the part-time course does not go in depth in any areas, but rather takes you through the basics in as many areas as it can in 10 weeks. I imagine the full-time course would provide a more conclusive education, but i can't really comment on that.
Even though I would not recommend the part-time course to people looking for a conclusive education, it was invaluable to me and will be to people looking to explore the options available in the Data Science profession. The part-time course does not pretend to give you all the tools you need to succeed in the industry. Instead, GA has clearly realised that would be cramming too much into too little time, and have structured the course to give you a good introduction to each area of Data Science and provide you with enough information to get you started on your own educational journey.
This course will provide you with the basic knowlege of tools, concepts and processes needed to get started with your own exploration and an excellent environment to ask questions and network with like-minded professionals.
I would recommend this course to anyone who is interested in getting started in Data Science, but doesn't know where to start and what's involved.
- Bella BracheAssociate UX Strategist • Student • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineFeb 27, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Important but not the end-all
Doing the General Assembly UX/UI course will be your starting point into a tech career, but it is not going to make up for any office experience or even real-world experience. I would highly recommend going into a similar field such as marketing or social media, to understand how office jobs work. There are also MANY UX/UI bootcamp students now, so do not believe them when they say you'll be set up to find a job. While I was employed within 2 months of my bootcamp, it was in an industry ...Doing the General Assembly UX/UI course will be your starting point into a tech career, but it is not going to make up for any office experience or even real-world experience. I would highly recommend going into a similar field such as marketing or social media, to understand how office jobs work. There are also MANY UX/UI bootcamp students now, so do not believe them when they say you'll be set up to find a job. While I was employed within 2 months of my bootcamp, it was in an industry I had worked in before as a marketer. Many of my peers are still not employed one year later. - Ong Song YiData Scientist • Graduate • 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • SingaporeFeb 27, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
It was exhilarating and intense
The Data Science Immersive boot camp was an eye opener into how Machine Learning operates. As this is a growing field, there were multiple topics covered and even more topics to be self studied. - Lim Rui BingSoftware Developer • Student • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • SingaporeFeb 26, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Safe place to learn
In my bootcamp, everyone was non-judgemental, I just had fun learning with my class. The curriculum was great in preparing me for jobs too since it was directed at web development frameworks that are in demand. It was also very useful because there's sufficient hands on experience instead of just purely theory. Overall, was brilliant! - EILEEN PNG YI LINGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • SingaporeFeb 26, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Amazing Community
The community in GA is amazing! Coming to class everyday was exciting, the way the instructors teaches shows how much they love their job and how genuinely they wanted to help. They stand in students shoes and give advices outside of classroom as well. I definitely created life long friendships in GA. The 3 months in GA was one of the toughest but best 3 months i had. - Adam AlexanderHead of Technology • Graduate • Product Management (Part-time) • SydneyFeb 26, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
General Assembly has right mix of theory and practical
I'm a mature age, working web dev professional who took a General Assembly Product Management course to brush up on my skills and investigate future career paths.
I'm currently doing a post-graduate certification in web dev now after not being at university for 25 years, and there's an incredible difference of learner experience quality between contemporary vocational education and institutional education. (Disclaimer: I have a chunk of experience in corporate adult learning and ...I'm a mature age, working web dev professional who took a General Assembly Product Management course to brush up on my skills and investigate future career paths.
I'm currently doing a post-graduate certification in web dev now after not being at university for 25 years, and there's an incredible difference of learner experience quality between contemporary vocational education and institutional education. (Disclaimer: I have a chunk of experience in corporate adult learning and development.)
At General Assembly, we had access to a working, veteran professional twice a week for 10 weeks, and everything we did in class and homework was working to the end assignment for course completion, a product strategy presentation. The expectations and grading rubric were clear.
At the institution where I am studying now, the units are being led by 'eLearning advisors' who have only superficial knowledge of the subject matter. Students have banded together to form their own study groups because the promised collaborative learning experience is giving no value. The assignment requirements are hazily defined even though they involve clear demonstration of measurable competencies (ie coding).
I've heard the platitude that 'the university experience is what you make it' a few times now but that just seems to let the bureaucracy of these institutions off the hook. Plenty of money is spent on course advertising and student onboarding, but not enough on course materials and experienced teaching staff.
Ugh, I didn't mean for this to be a kvetch about my disappointment with tertiary education institutions!
My experience has highlighted how General Assembly's model to practical capability development is vastly superior for the modern digital age, and that current education and certification paradigms are ripe for disruption.
I thoroughly recommend General Assembly for their curriculum, approach to continuous improvement, and learner support. - Harel KellyGraduate • Product Management (Part-time) • LondonFeb 20, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Not for beginners
For someone with no background of product management this course promises that it is recommended for beginners or no background, it also promises that a career help will be given.
After struggling for the first few weeks I found myself in a bit of a struggle to keep up.
John and Alex where very good but again to much to cover for someone with no background.
As soon as the course was finished I heard nothing from anyone even though it says that a career help can be provided.
...For someone with no background of product management this course promises that it is recommended for beginners or no background, it also promises that a career help will be given.
After struggling for the first few weeks I found myself in a bit of a struggle to keep up.
John and Alex where very good but again to much to cover for someone with no background.
As soon as the course was finished I heard nothing from anyone even though it says that a career help can be provided.
For the amount I have paid I at least expect that the core values will be delivered.
Kind regards
Harel - StevieGraduate • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • OnlineFeb 19, 2023Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great Experience!
I had a great experience attending General Assembly's Software Engineering Immersive. My Instructors were very patient and understanding, even without any previous knowledge. I saw many people make full-stack apps after having little or no experience coding. The course load is very demanding, as you will be on camera 9 - 5 every day and have 4 hours or more of homework. Although it is a lot of work, the instructors were great at guiding us. The course will not teaching you everything, an...I had a great experience attending General Assembly's Software Engineering Immersive. My Instructors were very patient and understanding, even without any previous knowledge. I saw many people make full-stack apps after having little or no experience coding. The course load is very demanding, as you will be on camera 9 - 5 every day and have 4 hours or more of homework. Although it is a lot of work, the instructors were great at guiding us. The course will not teaching you everything, and you will sometimes feel as if you still don't understand things, but in the end you will learn a lot and it will prepare you on your Software Engineering journey going forward. There is also Outcomes, which helps you with the job search. One recommendation I would have is more direct resources for student post-course. By this I mean access to Apprenticeships and Internships that otherwise are usually only available to college students. Knowing apprenticeships were available post-course would go a long way to ensuring that people would feel even more comfortable entering the program.
General Assembly Alumni Outcomes
| Description | Percentage |
| Full Time, In-Field Employee | 92.3% |
| Full-time apprenticeship, internship or contract position | 0.0% |
| Short-term contract, part-time position, freelance | N/A |
| Employed out-of-field | N/A |
General Assembly Scholarships
$1500 Diversity Tuition Discount
Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive diversity discount for $1500 off tuition at General Assembly! To be eligible to receive $1,500 USD* toward your tuition for a full-time immersive course by General Assembly, you must meet the following criteria:
- You’re 18 or older.
- You self-identify as a woman, transgender person, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, or nonbinary person.
- Your current income is less than $40,000 USD (£28,000 GBP, 30,000€ EUR, $40,000 AUD, $40,000 SGD, or $40,000 CAD) per year.
- You’ve been admitted to one of the following courses: Software Engineering Immersive, Data Analytics Immersive, Data Science Immersive or UX Design Immersive.
- Ineligible for NY residents.
- Tuition discount can not be used in conjunction with any other General Assembly tuition discount or offer.
*$1,500 USD, £1,500 GBP, 1,500€ EUR, $1,500 AUD, $1,500 SGD, or $1,500 CAD
Eligibility
Qualifying Courses
- 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
$1595 Military Tuition Discount
Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive military discount for $1595 off tuition at General Assembly! To be eligible to receive $1,595 USD* toward your tuition of a full-time immersive course by General Assembly, you must meet the following criteria:
- You’re 18 or older.
- You’ve been admitted to one of the following courses: Software Engineering Immersive, Data Analytics Immersive, Data Science Immersive or UX Design Immersive
- You are an active military member or veteran, or partner of a military member or partner of a veteran.
- Ineligible for NY residents.
- Tuition discount can not be used in conjunction with any other tuition discount.
*$1,595 USD, £1,500 GBP, 1,500€ EUR, $1,500 AUD or $1,500 CAD
Eligibility
Qualifying Courses
- 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How much does General Assembly cost?
General Assembly costs around $16,450. On the lower end, some General Assembly courses like Digital Marketing On-Demand cost $950.
What courses does General Assembly teach?
General Assembly offers courses like 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time), 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time), 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time), 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) and 15 more.
Where does General Assembly have campuses?
General Assembly has in-person campuses in London, New York City, Paris, Singapore and Sydney. General Assembly also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.